On May 22-25 Nils Muzhnieks, Commissioner for Human Rights, will visit Baku. Muzhnieks is to discuss with the government of Azerbaijan the situation with human rights, according to diplomatic sources in Strasbourg. The meeting with representatives of civil society is expected.
The Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights has a mandate that allows him to raise issues relating to human rights in all 47 member states of the organization.
According to the same sources, in May, Stefan Füle, European Commissioner for Enlargement and the new neighborhood, will visit Baku. The theme of the meetings and talks of Fule will be Azerbaijan's fulfillment of its obligations under the democracy within the framework of the "Eastern Partnership".-02В-
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The top U.S. diplomat Antony Blinken on Tuesday called from the plane to Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan to discuss the Middle East and the South Caucasus, TURAN's Washington correspondent who is currently traveling with the secretary of state in Europe, reports.
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BBC: The UN International Court of Justice (ICJ) has agreed to consider mutual lawsuits filed by Azerbaijan and Armenia, each accusing the other of violating the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination due to the ongoing situation in Nagorno-Karabakh.
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"A group of hydrologists and engineers from Azerbaijan and Armenia, with our active support, is working together on a comprehensive water management scheme for transboundary rivers," the U.S. Ambassador to Azerbaijan, Mark Libby, wrote on the U.S. Embassy's social media account on November 12.
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As the Biden administration draws to a close, Secretary of State Antony Blinken is headed on an emergency trip to Brussels to discuss how to support Ukraine with European allies.
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